The Solar system

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The Solar system
4th grade
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• Eight planets go around the Sun. We call the Sun
  and its planets the Solar System.

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• They are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
  Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

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The Earth is one of the planets.
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The Sun

• The Sun is not a planet. Its a star.

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Earth
Sun
The Earth goes around the Sun and it also spins.
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Thats why we have day and night. When the Earth
turns towards the Sun, it becomes day. When it
turns away from the Sun, it becomes night again.
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Whats the correct?

• 1.There are 6/ 7/ 8/ 9 planets in the Solar
  System.
• 2. The Sun/ Pluto/ The Earth/ Jupiter is our
  planet.
• 3.When half of the Earth is in front of the Sun,
  it is day/ night/ winter/ summer.
• 4.When half of the Earth is dark, it is
• day/ night/ winter/ summer.

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Answer the question

• 1. What do we call the Sun and its planets?
• 2. Does the Sun go around the Earth?
• 4. Is the Sun a planet?
• 5. Does the Earth spin?

The Solar System
No, the Earth goes around the Sun.
No, the Sun is a star.
Yes, it does.
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Complete with the words
planets
not
Earth
star
around
are

• Eight planets go ____ the Sun.
• They __ Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
  Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. We call the Sun
  and its the Solar System. The ____ is
  one of the planets. The Sun is ____ a planet.
  Its a ____ .

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Extra activities

• How much do you know about the planets in our
  solar system? Try this quiz!

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Created by Iskra Petkova Hristo Botev School,
village of Sadina, Targovishte district E-mail
iskra5_at_abv.bg

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